List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton

Sir Bobby Charlton was a former association footballer who made 106 appearances for England between 1958 and 1970. He is England's third all-time goalscorer, having scored 49 times for his country. He is generally regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time, and was named the Ballon d'Or winner as European football's player of the year in 1966.

Charlton made his international debut for England in April 1958, scoring a goal against Scotland that was described by The Timess football correspondent Geoffrey Green as "surely one of the finest ever seen at Hampden". He was a prolific goalscorer for England in his first thirteen months, scoring at a rate of a-goal-a-game, culminating with his first hat-trick in international football, against the United States in May 1959. He scored his 31st international goal in October 1963 during a 4–0 victory over Wales, and in doing so, became England's top goalscorer, passing the previous record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse. He subsequently lost the record to his teammate Jimmy Greaves in October 1964, but regained it when he scored his 45th goal in May 1968. He scored his final international goal during a 4–0 win against Colombia in May 1970, and retired from international football after England were knocked out of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He remained England's leading goalscorer until September 2015, when he was surpassed by Wayne Rooney.

Charlton scored four international hat-tricks; in addition to the one against the United States, he scored three goals in a game against Luxembourg during the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and in friendlies against Mexico and Switzerland. He scored more goals against Northern Ireland than any other team, with six goals, while he scored five goals against each of Luxembourg, Portugal, Scotland and Wales. Of Charlton's 49 goals, 22 were scored in friendlies. In competitive matches, the majority of his goals came during British Home Championship matches. Charlton scored 16 times in these matches, including 3 in tournaments which doubled as qualification for UEFA Euro 1968. He scored four goals during FIFA World Cup tournaments, including three goals during the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which England won, collecting one during the group stage and both goals in England's 2–1 victory over Portugal in the semi-final.

International goals England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charlton goal.

+ International goals scored by Bobby CharltonNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition119 April 1958Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 11957–58 Home Championship27 May 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England 2Friendly3 44 October 1958Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland41958–59 Home Championship56 22 October 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England5Friendly7 11 April 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England61958–59 Home Championship8 6 May 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England7Friendly928 May 1959Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States11Friendly101112 28 October 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England13Friendly139 April 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland141959–60 Home Championship148 October 1960Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland181960–61 Home Championship1519 October 1960Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg191962 FIFA World Cup qualification16171823 November 1960Wembley Stadium, London, England211960–61 Home Championship1910 May 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England 23Friendly20212228 September 1961Highbury, London, England271962 FIFA World Cup qualification232422 November 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England301961–62 Home Championship252 June 1962Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile361962 FIFA World Cup2629 May 1963Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia42Friendly272 June 1963Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany43Friendly285 June 1963St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland44 Friendly29303112 October 1963Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales451963–64 Home Championship3217 May 1964Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal50Friendly3327 May 1964Downing Stadium, New York City, United States52Friendly3410 April 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England 57 1964–65 Home Championship3520 October 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England59Friendly362 April 1966Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland631965–66 Home Championship374 May 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England64Friendly3816 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England691966 FIFA World Cup3926 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England721966 FIFA World Cup404116 November 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England761966–67 Home Championship,UEFA Euro 1968 qualification4221 October 1967Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales781967–68 Home Championship,UEFA Euro 1968 qualification4322 November 1967Wembley Stadium, London, England 791967–68 Home Championship,UEFA Euro 1968 qualification443 April 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England82UEFA Euro 1968 qualification4522 May 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England84Friendly468 June 1968Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy86UEFA Euro 1968477 May 1969Wembley Stadium, London, England911968–69 Home Championship4821 April 1970Wembley Stadium, London, England1001969–70 Home Championship4920 May 1970Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia101Friendly

Statistics

+ Goals by yearYearAppsGoals19586719597519608619619619628119631061964821965521966156196742196883196991197092Total10649

+ Goals by competitionCompetitionGoalsFriendlies22British Home Championship16FIFA World Cup qualification5UEFA European Championship qualification4FIFA World Cup tournaments4UEFA European Championship tournaments1Total49

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